Hitchcock gets transported to space in ‘Lifepod’ (1993)
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): This TV movie makes good use of its strong cast with sharp themes, future tech and a whodunit.
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Hitchcock gets transported to space in ‘Lifepod’ (1993)
‘The Rental’ (2020) plays up creepiness of being a stranger in a strange home
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Worth a rental? Well, it’s definitely worth a streaming viewing, as it gets in on the ground floor of Airbnb horror.
Smartly structured ‘Challengers’ breaks at love
Movie review: The plot is that of a soap opera, but the structure, style and psychological honesty put it on the short list of tennis-movie GOATs.
‘The Holdovers’ (2023) merely a placeholder for Payne
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The director has delivered many 21st century masterpieces, but this Christmas film falls short of that status.
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ a mesmeric metaphysical journey
Movie review: Though a lack of a clear plot makes it sometimes slip from a viewer’s grasp, Schoenbrun’s film is loaded with feelings and ideas.
‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’ (2023) lacks any spirit at all
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Add this Christmas horror movie to your annual list … of films to completely skip.
‘Night of the Hunter’ (1955) is influential … but is it good?
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Ingenious or merely experimental, it can’t be denied that Charles Laughton’s only directorial work made its mark.
‘Under Capricorn’ (1949) rightly buried under Hitchcock’s suspensers
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Being a costume drama, this slice of Australian history is rare among his catalog. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it good.
‘Smile 2’ is worth a smirk as it illustrates celebrity stress
Movie review: Writer-director Parker Finn’s sequel is a middling entry among 2024’s horror films set in the world of pop stardom.
If you like Gogol-inspired Soviet folk-horror, you’ll love ‘Viy’ (1967)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Russian-language classic concerns a brave student and a very beautiful, very dead girl in what’s been called the first Soviet horror film.